Just have painter stop by for quote. Quote was decent but guy was RUDE to me. Nope. No one disrepects me AND take my money. Lots and lots of painters out there

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Good point! Your quote could be great but if you have a bad persona no one will hire you! Thanks for your comment

interest rates are a huge factor, when people don't feel the house they overpaid for is not appreciating people are less likely to make improvements

@handymanjourney

6 ай бұрын

Yep! Thanks for your comment!

If you price a job reasonably and do good work you won’t have a hard time. You may have to travel further than you would normally go. Things are changing and we as professionals have to change with the market. If you’re not getting work, you may have to team up with someone who is overwhelmed with work.

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Yes spot on, times are changing and we must do what we need to do to adapt

@andrewgarratt5191

6 ай бұрын

The prices is what’s killing most of them from what I’ve seen…. Being a Handyman, historically speaking has NEVER been a glamorous job. But the last few years has brought on what I like to call the “Milwaukee Handyman” These are the types don’t understand what a “Temporary imbalance” is. I’ve been small all my life… at 8yo I was told the story of Icarus, and I took it to heart. Stay small and humble, and you’ll never need to leave the town you live in.

Everyone got used to the big money. Myself included. That 2019-23 stretch was 8 days a week months at a whack. Side gig for me, but it filled the other 80 hrs besides my full time job. 😂. That's my balance. The side gig made me than the day job, but the day job is secured and has bennies. The issue with full time handyman is like you said, it's dependent on so many factors. It's just like construction. Ebbs and flows. When it's hot, its HOT and hopping. When it's not.... it makes you wonder if you picked the wrong career.😂

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

So true! Those years were Hot! It will come back though!

I lost my job when the lockdowns happened. I moved from London and set up a little enterprise and my reviews are perfect. I do everything pretty much and I go above and beyond I actually think I undrcharge. When I first started I had about 10 local opposition now there must be about 50. I'm in the UK and it is the same situation here.

@handymanjourney

5 ай бұрын

Keep on keeping on!

Contact every realtor in the area

@handymanjourney

6 ай бұрын

Yes definitely

Thanks for the advice. Things are still good in southeast Missouri, but it wouldn’t hurt to do a little more advertising.

@handymanjourney

7 ай бұрын

Get ahead of it!!💪

Hey my name is Chuck Three Rivers Handyman going on 13 years not as busy but I do have plenty of work love you channel

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for following along chuck!!

Great take on the industry and what people need to do to brand their business. Long term is the only way. I am a big believer in marketing over advertising. I built a one man 6 figures business in two years with zero advertising costs. Pure marketing to a specific demographic.

@handymanjourney

7 ай бұрын

love it!

@slapyourself9756

4 ай бұрын

What kind of marketing?

Hi Allen. Have said hello to you a couple of times at the Carmichael HD. Excellent content. Pricing almost parallel with mine. I always follow up with a phone call a day or two later. I retired from GC work 12 years ago but have yet to take a day off. I love what I do, let my customers know how much I appreciate them and they fall over themselves referring me to their friends and relatives. I do not care to do work for prop managers or real estate ' professionals '. An old friend in the RE business, Lita Gitt of Fair Oaks, told me to pick an area near to where I live and farm it DAILY. I'm still reaping the harvest. Many thanx for your insightful videos. See you at the HD.

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Fantastic brother! I appreciate the comment and yes! I will see you at HD!💪

As a handyman and a cabinet business owner there is was to much work down here in south Florida…lots of rich people who forgot how to use there hands around here

@handymanjourney

6 ай бұрын

Keep up the great work!

I gave up last year. No jobs or race to the bottom pricing or non paying customers.

@handymanjourney

5 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that, what are you doing now?

Thanks for what you do brother

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Your welcome! Thanks you for tuning in!!💪

Thanks for the video, Allen!

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome tim! Thank you for tuning in and your comments!

I’m the average joe who can read and put a puzzle together but it comes down to TIME how long will it take me to get it done and can I wait. So one of my irrigation heads broke during a hot spell so time was a factor my landscaper said he could fix it for $200 I asked around and that was about the going price. I just couldn’t justify the of $200 for a $25 head ended up replacing it myself took an hour but I got it done. Yes if the cost was about $100-$125 I probably would have had it installed. Seems handyman have gotten quite expensive so like me the average joe will be doing most of their repairs.

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Totally, it does come down to whether or not the homeowner has the time to repair it themselves. There are a lot of people that raise their rates pretty drastically because they could during the last few years and a lot of those people are going to either have to lower their rates or go out of business. But it does cost a lot of money to run a business. We would be at about $200 for that project as well.

There are PLENTY of handyman jobs, just no good handymen at any reasonable price. Probably some at unreasonable prices.

@handymanjourney

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment

@jonnywick4402

4 ай бұрын

Is a lot handyman out there but only few really proud of there work, I work as a facilities for the moment, working on get certified electrician so can charge more and do more but honestly tryng to get all certification you can get.

If anything there is a drought in the labor field. Has been a trend for the last 5 years and is not getting better. In our Facebook group one of the main complaints is we can’t keep up with the work and we can’t find people who want to work. I know very few Handymen that are not booked out for a month. If you live in a rural or smaller city tings may be a little different The economy is doing well despite the higher interest rates which are coming down. Not as fast as we would like. This is not my opinion just data from the Federal Reserve. But this is also keeping people in their homes longer than before and in my market I find them wanting to do improvements and paying more attention to maintenance. I would agree the marketing should become an ongoing component for your business.

@handymanjourney

6 ай бұрын

Yes good words!

Maybe they figured out that most of these handy idiots don't know what they're doing. You need experience along with you pickup and screw gun.

@handymanjourney

7 ай бұрын

🤣🤣 thanks for your comment

Great points Allen Lee.

@handymanjourney

7 ай бұрын

Thanks bro!

You are very well spoken these Allen. No “Ums” or or “Uhs”. You’re becoming a good KZreadr. Great advice as always. Keep on pushing thru your 100 day commitment. And my best wishes for you and your wife and family

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Hey thanks! I appreciate it! The ums get cut out in post edit 😂

@allbayfishing9456

8 ай бұрын

@@handymanjourneyxe

Agreed. Only the strong survive!!!!!!!

@QueerdoLoc

8 ай бұрын

Posture to purge when they implement the military draft when the economy bottoms out

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Yes definitely! You have to be robust and have your marketing and brand set and growing!

Times are still Phat, the 80's that was slow, but now if you're good I find it hard to believe you need to market/advertise unless you are adding trucks.

the handy men around me charge over $60.00/ hour or more.. how many of you have the type of experience or education along with a crew that is NOT ILLEGALS ..how many?

@handymanjourney

6 ай бұрын

🙋

@Jaedenrdz

5 ай бұрын

It was the “ILLEGALS” for me💀

@joemonroe9456

3 ай бұрын

What area are you in

@scottsprowl7484

14 күн бұрын

I work alone, I charge 90.00 per hr in North Texas. I was a remodeling Contractor for 35 yrs.

I am going good. Staying very busy.

Checking in for day 41, those who did the work with intent on gaining recomendations should be ok. Theres lots of people out there who did work just for the short sided money. Thanks for making a video about this and mentioning darryl, utube, and bullet proof.

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Yes so you are correct! Your Welcome brother!

People just haven’t got the money

@handymanjourney

7 ай бұрын

I have seen it differently

The cost of materials pretty much doubled. Home Depot and Lowes have been price gouging since the pandemic. That makes it even harder to do work.

@handymanjourney

7 ай бұрын

Yes, thanks for your comment!

People have money for what they want to have money for. There’s plenty of work out there and Lee is correct, you gotta be a professional.

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Yes most definitely!!💪

@annberlin5811

8 ай бұрын

Ya dont be rude!

True

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

💪💪 I am glad this was helpful for you

Thanks for the shoutout

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

💪 thanks for tuning in!

My biggest challenge is that Google will not verify my business. Makes it really hard to get reviews and such going.

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

That is definitely hard! Sometimes Google will give you the runaround trying to get things verified but typically they are just trying to make sure that you're an actual business. Is anything weird about your Google my business application? Do you have a actual street address listed as your business address? Do you have a website? Do you have a phone number on there?

@tjcib

8 ай бұрын

@@handymanjourney I had all of that in the video they requested, including my LLC paid and IRS letters. My location is a bit more rural, so I think they really don't like my business address being my home in the middle of nowhere. I'm going to slow play it, let my website and Facebook page get some good content, then try again.

@jorgepineda9457

8 ай бұрын

@@tjcibwhat’s your website / fb account name

You must live in California or some small City, I have been self employed as a handyman since 2007. I started my handyman service. My marketing is word of mouth. I never hire help, just me and my wife. We stay very busy in a neighborhood of 700 houses. We also work in several other neighborhoods just from word of mouth. I have never advertised, never put our name on our trucks, no uniforms. We have always made well over 6 figures a year after all deductions and taxes. We have 50 deck stains waiting, siding jobs, bath remodels, phone rings non stop, we do as much as we can handle, then sub the rest to Mexicans with no compete contracts, pay them 60 percent of the job, we keep 40 and over see the jobs, I do drive about 35-40k miles a year. Our work trucks are 1996 Chevy 2500 and 1991 Chevy 1500. Bought both in 2007. It's way cheaper to rebuild a truck than it is to buy new. They key to it all? Live like your broke and later in life live like no body else. Ya 6th grade was as far as I got,

@handymanjourney

5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Keep up the great work!

Everybody wants to be a realtor when times are good and only the ones that put the time in to sell a house when rates are high are going to be the only ones making money. Rates will drop again and once people can tap all the equity trapped in their homes you'll see people use it and do tons of upgrades and you'll see a new bull market

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Yes definitely!! Things will come back strong!!💪

Not in my area. Phone keeps ringing. 70% of my work is repeat.

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

That's fantastic!! Keep it up!! How long have you been in business?

@eberts0604

8 ай бұрын

@@handymanjourney Five years. Finally put up website and now getting way too many inquiries.

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Awesome! Are you by yourself or do you have employees? And where are you located?

@user27278

8 ай бұрын

He's gotta be in CA

Too bad I can’t find any Handyman where I live , smh

The thing is the pandemic made it look easy for people in the home service industry, now people have to actually try and learn how to advertise and be real businesses. This is where the willing grow and the weak fall

@handymanjourney

4 ай бұрын

Yes!💯

Cool k\lots of opportunity out there to make $ if your looking for it!

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Most definitely!💪

All the jobs will be in the military, Big Jim. Go get combat ready and we'll defeat the hordes of Mordor together

@volscaptaind

8 ай бұрын

It’s definitely coming

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Times are sure changing! Thanks for your comment!

Checking in foy41

@handymanjourney

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for being here!!!💪

There are plenty of Handyman jobs. You guys just got to expensive and everybody quit repairing things. You guys did it to yourself.